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Staff

Name	Shaffer Christopher J.
Position	Postdoctoral Fellow

Christopher J. Shaffer, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Spectrometry and Physical Organic Chemistry.
Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry ASCR, v.v.i.
Flemingovo nám. 2, CZ-166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic

Phone: (+420) 220 183 347


Education
2010	Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
2005	B.S. in Biochemistry, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA

Research experience
2007–2010	Adviser: Robert J. McMahon, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA Ph.D. Thesis: "Synthesis and Photochemistry of Reactive Organic Molecules of Relevance to Astrochemistry"
2005–2007	Adviser: Tehshik P. Yoon, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
2004	Adviser: Patrick G. Harran, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX, USA
2003-2005	Adviser: Sean M. Kerwin , University of Texas, TX, USA

Research Interests
High Energy Organic Species, Mechanism of Organic Transformations, Infrared Spectroscopy, Photochemistry and Photoionization

Publications
Shaffer, C. J.; McMahon, R. J. Reactive Carbon-Chain Molecules: Triplet Heptatriynylidene (H−C≡C−Ċ=C=Ċ−C≡C−H), to be submitted for publication in J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010. Shaffer, C. J.; McMahon, R. J. Reactive Carbon-Chain Molecules: Synthesis of 1-Diazo-octa-2,4,6-triyne, Spectroscopy and Photochemistry of a Triplet Octatriynylidene (Me−C≡C−Ċ=C=Ċ−C≡C−H), to be submitted for publication in J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010. Michaelis, D. J.; Shaffer, C. J.; Yoon, T. P. Copper(II)-catalyzed aminohydroxylation of Olefins. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 1866–1867. Shaffer, C. J.; Esselman, B. J.; McMahon, R. J.; Stanton, J. F.; Woods, R. C. Attempted Isolation and Characterization of Diazirinone (N₂CO). J. Org. Chem. 2010, 75, 1815-1821. Shaffer, C. J.; Schröder, D.; Alcaraz, C.; Žabka, J.; Zins, E.; Reactions of Doubly Ionized Benzene with Nitrogen and Water: A Nitrogen-Mediated Entry into Superacid Chemistry, accepted for publication in ChemPhysChem, 2012. Shaffer, C. J.; Schröder, D.; Gütz, C.; Lützen, A. Intramolecular C-H Bond Activation Coupled with Ligated Ester Exchange, accepted for publication in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2012. Shaffer, C. J.; Schröder, D.; Zins, E.; Alcaraz, C.; Zabka, J.; Roithova, J. Unimolecular dissociation of double ionized toluene and electron transfer between neutral toluene and its dication, Chem. Phys. Lett. 2012, 534, 8-12. Shaffer, C. J.; Schröder, D.; Microhydrated Cobalt-Nitrate Cations [Co(NO₃)(H₂O)_n]⁺ (n = 2,3) Studied by Infrared Spectroscopy in the Gas Phase, Int. J. Mass Spec. 2012, 311, 17-23. Vogelhuber, K. M.; Wren, S. W.; Shaffer, C. J.; McMahon, R. J.; McCoy, A. B.; Lineberger, W. C. Photoelectron Spectroscopy of HC₄N^-, J. Chem. Phys. 2011, 135, 204307. Paterová, J.; Heyda, J.; Jungwirth, P.; Shaffer, C. J.; Révész, A.; Zins, E.; Schröder, D.; Microhydration of the Magnesium(II) Acetate Cation in the Gas Phase, J. Phys. Chem. A 2011, 115, 6813–6819. Shaffer, C. J.; Schröder, D.; The Demise and Revival of Diazirinone, Angew. Chem. 2011, 123, 2729-2730. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 2677–2678. Michaelis, D. J.; Shaffer, C. J.; Yoon, T. P.; Copper(II)-catalyzed Aminohydroxylation of Olefins; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 1866–1867.

Awards and Activities
2009	Graduate Student Faculty Liason Committee Travel Award
2008	Chair, Organic Chemistry McElvain Seminar Speaker Search Committee
2005	Phi Beta Kappa
2004	Outstanding Senior in Chemistry ACS Award
2004	Banks Trust Scholarship in Chemistry